Orchidaceae
Rangaeris

Rangaeris muscicola (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 450 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic chamaephyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 450 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 265 (1982).
  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 796 (1974).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 284 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 450 (1936).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 194 (1977).
  • la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 126 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [189] Cameroon K000106897 No
Mar 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [946] Cameroon K000106994 No
Mar 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [649] Cameroon K000106976 No
Nov 11, 1948 Dept. of Agriculture, Uganda. [225-16] Uganda K000306343 Unknown Type Material No
Nov 11, 1948 K000306344 Type Yes
Nov 11, 1948 Stolz, A. [1960] Tanzania K000306346 Type Yes
Nov 11, 1948 Welwitsch [699] Angola K000306341 Type Yes
Nov 11, 1948 K000306342 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 11, 1948 Bates, G.L. [382] Cameroon K000306340 Type Yes
Nov 11, 1948 K000306345 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keeley, P.A. [51] Tanzania K:SPC-49692.000 No
K:SPC-13478.000 No
Williamson, G. [724] Zambia K:SPC-34091.000 No
Williamson, G. [841] Zambia K:SPC-33169.000 No
Bowden, J.K. [115] Nigeria K:SPC-32747.000 No
Cox, J.K. [63] Ghana K:SPC-10445.000 No
Wild, H. [2814] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10443.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5870] K:SPC-14371.000 No
Cox, J.K. [30] Ghana K:SPC-10442.000 No
Paterson, K.R. [3748A] Zambia K:SPC-12625.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9336] Tanzania K:SPC-13481.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [558] Tanzania K:SPC-08428.000 No
Harris, V. Tanzania K:SPC-08429.000 No
illegible [1131] Nigeria K:SPC-37939.000 No
Westwood, D. [168A] Ghana K:SPC-12626.000 No
K:SPC-13484.000 No
Shauri Moja Tanzania K:SPC-12113.000 No
La Croix, E.; la Croix, I. [44] Malawi K:SPC-42275.000 No
Tamner, L. [112] Tanzania K:SPC-36750.000 No
K:SPC-13482.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-43009.000 No
K:SPC-08430.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-12112.000 No
Copley, H. [82] Kenya K:SPC-13485.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4898] Sierra Leone K:SPC-10441.000 No
Morze, G. [17] Zambia K:SPC-36597.000 No
Cameroon K:SPC-13480.000 No
Morze, G. [17] Zambia K:SPC-36595.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-43014.000 No
K:SPC-13483.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3748] Zambia K:SPC-13479.000 No

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